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there are people who say obama is not a lyndon johnson. he doesn't know how to maneuver. >> i think that he's learned a great deal during his first term. i don't want to sound patronizing in saying that. i've learned a great deal from watching his first term. but i think you already see a greater depth and sophistication in his approach. and i also think you are seeing on the gun issue, on the immigration issue, on the fiscal cliff issue a new wariness by republicans of the fire brands in their ranks who just want to stop everything. and i think that there is a new awareness that the american people don't want gridlock or sclerosis and it this hyperpartisanship. one thing, i think, that president obama has demonstrated is an ability to reach across the aisle and to try to invite more cooperation, but he's now tempering that with a new firmness, as we saw in the fiscal cliff that i think will serve him in good step. >> al gore, always a pleasure. >> thank you. >>> we will be back. [ engine revving ] ♪ [ male announcer ] every car we build
there are people who say obama is not a lyndon johnson. he doesn't know how to maneuver. >> i think that he's learned a great deal during his first term. i don't want to sound patronizing in saying that. i've learned a great deal from watching his first term. but i think you already see a greater depth and sophistication in his approach. and i also think you are seeing on the gun issue, on the immigration issue, on the fiscal cliff issue a new wariness by republicans of the fire brands in...
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get ourselves in a lot of trouble but you know there's also an economic thing according to president obama and economic recovery has begun but america cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many can barely make it where we sell. planes guns rockets missiles to all these countries all over the world so you know that we're that's one of our biggest industries it's our biggest export defense america spends as much money on military security intelligence as the rest of the world combined you know you're dealing with a big you know economic reality you know the idea that we would cut any money to the defense budget is like unbelievable let's get a few more planes let's buy a few more ships for what you know we're going broke doing this and there's like you know it's like what eisenhower warned you know the military industrial complex watch out it just grows and grows and grows and nobody can seem to stop it barack obama has been recently sworn in for his second term but you don't seem to be very happy with his achievements oh no i think obama's trying to change some of t
get ourselves in a lot of trouble but you know there's also an economic thing according to president obama and economic recovery has begun but america cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many can barely make it where we sell. planes guns rockets missiles to all these countries all over the world so you know that we're that's one of our biggest industries it's our biggest export defense america spends as much money on military security intelligence as the rest of the...
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published about the relationship with president obama and the drones. the rolling stone article says, -- i would have thought this temperment -- a camp passion not man i would have thought he would handle it differently but the use of drone has gone up exponentially and the impact on both societies has been devastating. so, some way we need to connect the dots, some way we need to say people who are pressing the button in the midwest or far west in the united states, and across the world. entire families and communities and women and children, people going to a funeral, people going to wedding party, are being blown up, and then here we sit, collateral damage, there nor civilians being killed. we need to connect these two very different worlds and see ultimately, is that what we, the united states of america, stand for? is that what we're exporting to the world? >> host: how do we connect with that in your view? sunny think the debate has to begin and the debate has to be multidimensional. more than just about security and about legality. it is that. it
published about the relationship with president obama and the drones. the rolling stone article says, -- i would have thought this temperment -- a camp passion not man i would have thought he would handle it differently but the use of drone has gone up exponentially and the impact on both societies has been devastating. so, some way we need to connect the dots, some way we need to say people who are pressing the button in the midwest or far west in the united states, and across the world....
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obama pledged that the u.s. will be friends with any nation that respects its people rights and international law. >> the question now is how the u.s. can help burma become a modern democratic nation while ensuring that burmese leaders hold up their end of the bargain. president obama's historic visit in 2012 was a nudge in the right direction. >> today i say to you the united states of america is with you, including those who have been forgotten, those who are dispossessed, those who are ostracized, those who are poor. >> the obama administration came in and they did a study of six countries, of which burma was one, and they said, let's look at this. they said, okay, we will have a high-level dialogue. the result was the burmese government sent signals to the u.s. that they were interested. the u.s. sent signals back. we send signals, they send signals and we began to build this up and it reached a fruition, if you will, with hillary clinton, secretary of state's visit to burma in early december of 2011. >> the
obama pledged that the u.s. will be friends with any nation that respects its people rights and international law. >> the question now is how the u.s. can help burma become a modern democratic nation while ensuring that burmese leaders hold up their end of the bargain. president obama's historic visit in 2012 was a nudge in the right direction. >> today i say to you the united states of america is with you, including those who have been forgotten, those who are dispossessed, those...
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tomorrow he will meet with president obama to talk about the global economy. growthlaunched a progrem, obeconomics, a medical pla financial plan for others. rubert hayes takes another look. >> shinzo abe is the archetypical gray chines-- japanese politician. in tokyo, he is mr. abe's biggest fan. the stagnant stock market has taken off. $300,000. has made >> foin six weeks. >> mr. abe brought back confidence and money is back i nthn the market. when this happens, the market goes up and we make money. >> this is built on mr. abe's promise to pump tens of billions into new infrastructure. japan has some of the best infrastructure. tokyo's astonishing flood control system. >> they call this the underground parthenon. it is a nengineering marvel. >> japan is full of engineering marvels to boost the economy and raise employment. it didn't work in the past. why will it work now? >> they are not building the bridge to nowhere anymore. what is here now is the smarter infrastructure, as we try to get better connected to the debt -- infrastructure spending can be worthw
tomorrow he will meet with president obama to talk about the global economy. growthlaunched a progrem, obeconomics, a medical pla financial plan for others. rubert hayes takes another look. >> shinzo abe is the archetypical gray chines-- japanese politician. in tokyo, he is mr. abe's biggest fan. the stagnant stock market has taken off. $300,000. has made >> foin six weeks. >> mr. abe brought back confidence and money is back i nthn the market. when this happens, the market...
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he said obama is eager to hear about a dispute with china. abe is meeting obama for the first time since he moved back into the prime minister's office two months ago. they are expected to discuss a free trade deal, the alliance between their countries and the push for united nations sanctions on north korea. obama wants to hear abe's take on the dispute over the senkaku islands. japan nationalized the islands in december. china and taiwan claim them. it's in the interest of the obama administration to have the dispute solved in a peaceful manner. prime nister abe i planning visitussia borehe end of the year to meet with the president. when he does another dispute, another issue will be on the agenda. russia control tgs islands and japan claims them. >> translator: this is an important year to build a new relationship. i hope it paves the way for abe's visit. >> mori delivered a letter from abe. putin said he, too, hoped for better things ahead. >> translator: i'm looking forward to meeting with prime minister abe. i hope it will lead to impr
he said obama is eager to hear about a dispute with china. abe is meeting obama for the first time since he moved back into the prime minister's office two months ago. they are expected to discuss a free trade deal, the alliance between their countries and the push for united nations sanctions on north korea. obama wants to hear abe's take on the dispute over the senkaku islands. japan nationalized the islands in december. china and taiwan claim them. it's in the interest of the obama...
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yes i think it's quite obvious i mean first of all when mr obama became president and he spoke about talking to iran the iranian leader ayatollah khomeini's while he explained the grievances that iran had from the coup d'etat nine hundred fifty three the support for the shah chemical weapons for saddam hussein and so on he said if the united states changes we will change he was very clear on that and we have had previous experiences in iran with the united states during mr rafsanjani period as president of iran awarded conoco a contract in the persian gulf an oil field iraq the united states slapped iran with sanctions in afghanistan iran spoke with the united states then iran was labeled the axis of evil when the brazilian president and the turkish prime minister came to tehran with a letter from obama stating the conditions in which he would agree with a negotiated settlement settlement with iran and the iranians and the turks and the brazilians within that framework signed the declaration immediately obama went back and impose sanctions on iran and to basically stop the brazilians
yes i think it's quite obvious i mean first of all when mr obama became president and he spoke about talking to iran the iranian leader ayatollah khomeini's while he explained the grievances that iran had from the coup d'etat nine hundred fifty three the support for the shah chemical weapons for saddam hussein and so on he said if the united states changes we will change he was very clear on that and we have had previous experiences in iran with the united states during mr rafsanjani period as...
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obama had said now listen, this is all you're going to get. don't think you can come back and say i think three or more brigades do the trick. this is it. so no coincidence in 18 months to the day, obama appears and says he's pulling out all of the surge troops. not just through 5000, but all of them in the next year because basically it hadn't worked. he had a good situation because he could retrieve this is a victory because it killed osama bin laden. they had taliban troops in the field. the afghan arbutus getting better, but she didn't need the extra 33,000 troops to do all that. so he changed the mission and what has happened since his counterinsurgency has disappeared because of the failure of afghanistan's now abandoned us and that we shouldn't do and were reverting back to a new american way of war, which involves small footprint, drums from the sky, small commando raids, the opposite of counterinsurgency and on the one hand, at least for not sending 100,000 troops tamale or uganda. on the other hand they fear what this does do is set
obama had said now listen, this is all you're going to get. don't think you can come back and say i think three or more brigades do the trick. this is it. so no coincidence in 18 months to the day, obama appears and says he's pulling out all of the surge troops. not just through 5000, but all of them in the next year because basically it hadn't worked. he had a good situation because he could retrieve this is a victory because it killed osama bin laden. they had taliban troops in the field. the...
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get after barack obama, he voted against the surge. get after the entire joint chiefs of staff at the time. they were all against the surge. and you can make the case that the surge worked in a tactical way. it still hasn't worked in its ultimate, strategic objectives for reasons that i discussed, and in the meantime, it did cost a lot of money and probably, you know, a thousand extra american soldiers died in the implementation of that surge compared with if you just pulled them out. was that worth it? i don't know. i don't know. we don't know yet. but it's not, it is not a clear-cut fact that the surge worked and we won and that sort of thing. as for the jewish lobby question, i mean, you know, let's get real. the israeli press, i mean, i'm jewish. the israeli press refers to aipac as the jewish lobby. okay, it's a little -- and, you know, aipac has had this thing going for years where anybody who criticizes israel, they say, oh, well, you're anti-semitic. you're really talking about jews, you're not talking about israel. so if someb
get after barack obama, he voted against the surge. get after the entire joint chiefs of staff at the time. they were all against the surge. and you can make the case that the surge worked in a tactical way. it still hasn't worked in its ultimate, strategic objectives for reasons that i discussed, and in the meantime, it did cost a lot of money and probably, you know, a thousand extra american soldiers died in the implementation of that surge compared with if you just pulled them out. was that...
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and as an obama supporter of course i was shocked to find out who was crowned be kept on as obama secretary of defense but when he told people i found interesting and was the major reason i wanted to write this book and what he said was we are moving towards a smaller military that will do fewer things and be able to go fewer places which he felt was a terrible thing and he added i don't want to be a part of that kind of system that is going to retrench. my feeling has been we need a smaller military that will do fewer things and go to fewer places. so that is the kind of book i wanted to write. i thought that i should do it even though others have really had ma named a lot of this. i am sure you are familiar with the work of d-nd for example, who wrote things such as the american empire and years before that, john neuhaus, one of my favorite writers wrote in imperial america and other books have dealt with this with an unusual background in the sense that i spent 42 years in the government and the state department, defense department and the cia have security clearances for that entire len
and as an obama supporter of course i was shocked to find out who was crowned be kept on as obama secretary of defense but when he told people i found interesting and was the major reason i wanted to write this book and what he said was we are moving towards a smaller military that will do fewer things and be able to go fewer places which he felt was a terrible thing and he added i don't want to be a part of that kind of system that is going to retrench. my feeling has been we need a smaller...
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you got president barack obama's state of the union address that he's expected to talk about outlining his plans to create jobs and growth for the middle class as such you can see it's a mix but they did largely gain as you can see for the portends for the dow jones just that it's going to europe we can see it ended up the day in positive territory that was an overnight run in japan gave waivers i'm optimism while mining firms added pressure as well as metal prices dropping as well lots of meetings going on today e.c.b. president mario draghi meeting spain's prime minister mariano rajoy hoary meanwhile european finance ministers they're in brussels right now as we go gaze as you can see a percent for the footsie in london the russian ruble them it finished up the day managing to strengthen actually against the basket there you can see the u.s. dollar and the year arrive to check out the mechanism here in moscow and see what happened to the bourses hair will be able to see got it the r.t.s. it managed to gain three basis points the mice that flow down a quarter. and moving on then. sayi
you got president barack obama's state of the union address that he's expected to talk about outlining his plans to create jobs and growth for the middle class as such you can see it's a mix but they did largely gain as you can see for the portends for the dow jones just that it's going to europe we can see it ended up the day in positive territory that was an overnight run in japan gave waivers i'm optimism while mining firms added pressure as well as metal prices dropping as well lots of...
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get ourselves in a lot of trouble but you know there's also an economic thing according to president obama and economic recovery has begun but america cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many can barely make it where we sell. planes guns rockets missiles though these countries all over the world so you know that with that's one of our biggest industries it's our biggest export defense america spends as much money on military security intelligence as the rest of the world combined you know you're dealing with a big you know economic reality you know the idea that we would cut any money to the defense budget is like unbelievable let's get a few more planes let's buy a few more ships for what you know we're going broke doing this and there's like you know it's like what eisenhower warned you know the military industrial complex watch out it just grows and grows and grows and nobody can seem to stop it barack obama has been recently sworn in for his second term but you don't seem to be very happy with his achievements oh no i think obama's trying to change some of th
get ourselves in a lot of trouble but you know there's also an economic thing according to president obama and economic recovery has begun but america cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many can barely make it where we sell. planes guns rockets missiles though these countries all over the world so you know that with that's one of our biggest industries it's our biggest export defense america spends as much money on military security intelligence as the rest of the...
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withdrawal of more than thirty thousand troops from afghanistan is one of the main pledges and barack obama's state of the union address controversial issues like america's drones are ignored by the president. shroud of secrecy over the death of an alleged secret agent in custody despite the government trying to keep it quiet. unemployed french men commit suicide by setting yourself on fire in front of a. desperate move seemingly finite economic problems crippling the eurozone. the impending round of talks on iran's nuclear ambitions is the topic for debate in crosstalk coming up next. hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle talking the talk for serious in meaningful negotiations this is the question i always asked when it comes to the western powers approach to iran's nuclear program soon the two sides will meet again in search of mutual agreement are there too many red lines and toxic history for this to happen and who really needs to unclench your fist. to cross talk you when's nuclear program i'm joined by mohammad marandi and turan he is a profes
withdrawal of more than thirty thousand troops from afghanistan is one of the main pledges and barack obama's state of the union address controversial issues like america's drones are ignored by the president. shroud of secrecy over the death of an alleged secret agent in custody despite the government trying to keep it quiet. unemployed french men commit suicide by setting yourself on fire in front of a. desperate move seemingly finite economic problems crippling the eurozone. the impending...
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." >>> barack obama has some unfinished business. the u.s. president says the hard work of millions of americans has not been rewarded and he says it's time to reunite the engine of economic growth. he promised to work on behalf of the middle class in his state of the union address. >> it is our unfinished task to restore the basic bargain that built this country, the idea that if you work hard and meet your responsibilities, you can get ahead, no matter where you come from, no matter what you look like or who you love. >> obama made the address before a joint session of congress. he said his first priority is making the country a magnet for new jobs in manufacturing. he said some of those jobs could come through investment and clean energy. he said the extreme weather americans have seen should remind them they need to do more to combat climate change. obama said america will remain the anchor of strong alliances around the world, as he outlined threats from abroad. he criticized north korean leaders a day after they carried out another nucl
." >>> barack obama has some unfinished business. the u.s. president says the hard work of millions of americans has not been rewarded and he says it's time to reunite the engine of economic growth. he promised to work on behalf of the middle class in his state of the union address. >> it is our unfinished task to restore the basic bargain that built this country, the idea that if you work hard and meet your responsibilities, you can get ahead, no matter where you come from,...
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were, quote, nation building here at home something that not just candidate obama but also candidate romney agreed about. we are looking at unprecedented cutses in spending on national security, we're looking at the process% of drawing down -- prospect of drawing down from afghanistan, we are looking at a lot of changes not just here in the united states, but in the world. and one of the questions that i know that we have is whether we are ready for those changes. i suspect that most of us believe we're not. tom, maybe you could just start us out a talk a little bit about the sequestration that paul ryan told us this weekend is, quote, going to happen. i'll l give you the mic. >> well, it's a prediction that at this point seems like a certainty. but i would argue has been a near certainty once the sequestration provision was written into the budget control act. so i'll talk a bit about sequestration per se, but i really regard it as symptom and not the disease it. itself. the disease itself is the erosion to the point of vanishing almost of the bipartisan political consensus for mili
were, quote, nation building here at home something that not just candidate obama but also candidate romney agreed about. we are looking at unprecedented cutses in spending on national security, we're looking at the process% of drawing down -- prospect of drawing down from afghanistan, we are looking at a lot of changes not just here in the united states, but in the world. and one of the questions that i know that we have is whether we are ready for those changes. i suspect that most of us...
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it would a huge stimulus to our economy. >> shall i rain on obama's parade? >> how many people tuned in to watch obama's state of the union. 33.5 million. the least watched state of the union address since 2000. >> it is repetitive about boring. >> no. >> it is because television. >> hold it eleanor. >> the spectacle has lost a lot of the drama and dignity it used to have. he walks down that aisle and gets slaps and high fives. they should have had beyonce doing her number midway through it. >> every other president has walked down that aisle and i don't recall you complaining about it. >> it has lost dignity. >> ike and fdr didn't look like that. >> it is an american tradition and the fact the numbers were down is partly because people don't watch television like they used to. >> eleanor, how were obama's kneels son ratings -- neilsen ratings, the second lowest since they began taking measurement in 1993. the lowest since 2000 when bill you clinton's last drew an audience of 931.5 million. >> i think neilsen should start rating some of the social media sites
it would a huge stimulus to our economy. >> shall i rain on obama's parade? >> how many people tuned in to watch obama's state of the union. 33.5 million. the least watched state of the union address since 2000. >> it is repetitive about boring. >> no. >> it is because television. >> hold it eleanor. >> the spectacle has lost a lot of the drama and dignity it used to have. he walks down that aisle and gets slaps and high fives. they should have had...
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bush talked about a freedom agenda, and even though president barack obama suggested that the united states could not tolerate any country that was out to create genocide or mass casualties against its own people, nonetheless, we really don't apply those rules very evenly or very clearly. so we will do a libya but we won't do a syria. you ask someone like me why and the only answer is politics. >> furthermore, the u.s. appetite for intervention, humanitarian, strategic or otherwise has been greatly diminished after a decade of war in iraq and afghanistan. >> what we're looking at is an environment where the world's policeman for so many decades, getting all of our allies with us, is suddenly just not willing to be the traffic cop on every beat. the american appetite for global intervention is going to decrease. there aren't many americans that want to keep going in afghanistan after 2014. there aren't many americans that are gonna want to go into iraq, even given its importance in terms of global energy and oil. >> in the aftermath of iraq and afghanistan, it's very difficult for me
bush talked about a freedom agenda, and even though president barack obama suggested that the united states could not tolerate any country that was out to create genocide or mass casualties against its own people, nonetheless, we really don't apply those rules very evenly or very clearly. so we will do a libya but we won't do a syria. you ask someone like me why and the only answer is politics. >> furthermore, the u.s. appetite for intervention, humanitarian, strategic or otherwise has...
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. >> my name is barack obama, and i'm the guy who got mark to wear a jacket and tie. >> maybe, just maybe, this is a sign of change in silicon valley fashion. a ceo spotted sporting a blazer for a meeting with a venture capitalist, though the vc gets to wear jeans. clothing companies are targeting those silicon valley executives with a mix of traditional and digital commerce. a visit from a real-life tailor for measurements followed by online shopping to order a proper suit. richard hall is the founder of the website proper suit along with the dress shirt manufacturer called hall and madden. tech crunch says the clothing he sells is, quote, perfect for when a snarky t-shirt is not enough. thank you for joining us this morning. tell me the people you are marketing to. the young tech-savvy male is the very person who's unlikely to wear a suit. >> yeah. i get that a lot. and you're exactly right in that a lot of these guys who are young and they wear hoodies to work and they sort of dress down because they need to be comfortable for coding all day. but these guys are getting older and a litt
. >> my name is barack obama, and i'm the guy who got mark to wear a jacket and tie. >> maybe, just maybe, this is a sign of change in silicon valley fashion. a ceo spotted sporting a blazer for a meeting with a venture capitalist, though the vc gets to wear jeans. clothing companies are targeting those silicon valley executives with a mix of traditional and digital commerce. a visit from a real-life tailor for measurements followed by online shopping to order a proper suit. richard...
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. >> president obama delivered his fourth state of the union address tuesday. in attendance were senate and house members, six of the nine justices of the supreme court, the joint chiefs of staff, members of this cabinet and assorted dignitaries. over the course of one hour, the president unveiled proposals to boost the economy, help the middlal class, invest in the nation's aging infrastructure, create more high-tech manufacturing, a big emphasis, expand preschool education, up high school standards and make college more affordable >> nothing i'm proposing tonight should increase our deficit by a single dime. it is not a bigger government we need, but a smarter government that sets priorities and invests in broad-based growth. >> the president also appeals to congress to work together on climate change, immigration reform, and particularly on the phony issue of automatic government budget cuts known as sequestration. >> question. when former president clinton took the helm during an economic downturn, he said he had a quote laser-like focus on the economy. how
. >> president obama delivered his fourth state of the union address tuesday. in attendance were senate and house members, six of the nine justices of the supreme court, the joint chiefs of staff, members of this cabinet and assorted dignitaries. over the course of one hour, the president unveiled proposals to boost the economy, help the middlal class, invest in the nation's aging infrastructure, create more high-tech manufacturing, a big emphasis, expand preschool education, up high...
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solved which by the way i assume you have read the latest recommendation by bruce riedel to president obama stay close to king abdullah otherwise there's going to be a lot of instability in the persian gulf but this is the heart of the whole matter dump the house of sold and seventy percent of the problems in southwest asia will be solved ok maira going to give you the last word in the program twenty seconds mayor go ahead fair time i think democracy depends on the people of the middle east outside powers doing to be but at the end of the day it's upon ourselves to look at that look at the people of egypt they had a democratic revolution without foreign interference i think other people can do it too all right gentlemen thank you for a fascinating discussion many thanks again to my guests in london some paolo and in truth and thanks to our viewers for watching us here rocky see you next time and remember crosstalk. please. there are twelve cities in the united states in which half of the people with hiv aids lives within a year of a diagnosis of each anything over six to two percent of thos
solved which by the way i assume you have read the latest recommendation by bruce riedel to president obama stay close to king abdullah otherwise there's going to be a lot of instability in the persian gulf but this is the heart of the whole matter dump the house of sold and seventy percent of the problems in southwest asia will be solved ok maira going to give you the last word in the program twenty seconds mayor go ahead fair time i think democracy depends on the people of the middle east...
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we run a risk in deciding if the obama administration has been tempted to say we don't want to be the hegemonic provider of security at these public goods to the world. let this be another big player at the u.n., but another belly up to the bar player at the u.n. in turtle bay. let's let the collector worry about it. they will worry about it and waste damaging to us. the most important thing is that the u.s. doesn't understand a guarantee system as an act or from the outside, the consequences going to be a scramble among scared and worried racing great powers who we all should fear we come to in south china sea. post rss if you were the last two u.s. ambassadors to the u.n. >> host: the last two ambassadors. well, here's the thing. john bolton was excoriated as someone who despise the u.n. that you could chop off the top seven or 10 stories that no one would ever notice there at its headquarters. >> host: do you agree with that statement? >> guest: i agree about 80%. as somebody said, i've actually found found it quite conciliatory and the message is american liberals need to understa
we run a risk in deciding if the obama administration has been tempted to say we don't want to be the hegemonic provider of security at these public goods to the world. let this be another big player at the u.n., but another belly up to the bar player at the u.n. in turtle bay. let's let the collector worry about it. they will worry about it and waste damaging to us. the most important thing is that the u.s. doesn't understand a guarantee system as an act or from the outside, the consequences...
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[inaudible] [inaudible] >> the question as to the criticism of the obama administration on its actions in a variety of al qaeda firm somalia, yemen was persuasive. but what's the right answer? >> well, i don't have a right answer and there isn't a right answer for any of these various places, but i think we need to get jan in review of troops on the ground cumin no troops on the ground in the situation here. i do think it is in our interest to find a way to work with local partners in order to combat local groups and allow them to cover their territories with their own forces. unfortunately, the way to do that involves putting boots on the ground. we have a long tradition. it was started by a democratic president who is enthusiastic about this kind of thing as john f. kennedy and this is one of the things the special forces were created to do. it is a train and advise mission and its enabled mission. if we had been doing that in yemen, we would in a somewhat better place. the questions are what do you do where you don't have partners where they can succeed in what he thought the escala
[inaudible] [inaudible] >> the question as to the criticism of the obama administration on its actions in a variety of al qaeda firm somalia, yemen was persuasive. but what's the right answer? >> well, i don't have a right answer and there isn't a right answer for any of these various places, but i think we need to get jan in review of troops on the ground cumin no troops on the ground in the situation here. i do think it is in our interest to find a way to work with local partners...
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what do you think it will be if it is not president obama? >> at the beginning of president clinton's first two is now is the opportune time. what we need to do is to quit complaining and pushed these guys to make the compromise they have to make in order to get something real but that puts our fiscal house in order. >> he spent hours and days in his work, the last person to balance the budget in the united states, by working with newt gingrich and dick armey. he often says he only won, but he is that kind of savvy, mr. steady, if he cannot at ayer admired and deeply, watched him, he is a tremendous man, the best of the best, if he with his skill and negotiating skills cannot get us there, it will not get there, and the markets will do the shot. they do not care a whit about who is president or a whit about democrats or republicans. they care about them, and if anybody cannot figure that out -- they have walks for brains. but senator simpson, you will have the last word here. >> god, i did not want that. >> tell us what will happen to the mar
what do you think it will be if it is not president obama? >> at the beginning of president clinton's first two is now is the opportune time. what we need to do is to quit complaining and pushed these guys to make the compromise they have to make in order to get something real but that puts our fiscal house in order. >> he spent hours and days in his work, the last person to balance the budget in the united states, by working with newt gingrich and dick armey. he often says he only...
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obama karr? -- obamacare? really because it involved government action on a scale that the republicans could not accept. and this gets back to what i was saying earlier. for many of them, this is not about trying to figure out how to serve -- how to have health care. what they're worried about is this feeling that government infringes on personal liberties and creates dep dependence on the population and everything we do is to be resist is, and that is why the capacity to try to cross the aisle is so difficult because we are basically talking about individuals in very different world views. now, i want to go to chapter five, which is climate change. denial of public denial as public policy. here's one of the clearest cases. scientific evidence that the earth its warming, carbon emissions are the primary cause and, three, we're face something catastrophic consequences and expenses down the road if we don't deal with it. so, why do we have such trouble even admitting it? and i would say -- here's the basic backg
obama karr? -- obamacare? really because it involved government action on a scale that the republicans could not accept. and this gets back to what i was saying earlier. for many of them, this is not about trying to figure out how to serve -- how to have health care. what they're worried about is this feeling that government infringes on personal liberties and creates dep dependence on the population and everything we do is to be resist is, and that is why the capacity to try to cross the aisle...
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yes i think it's quite obvious i mean first of all when mr obama became president and he spoke about talking to iran the iranian leader ayatollah khomeini's while he explained the grievances that iran had from the coup d'etat nine hundred fifty three the support for the shah chemical weapons for saddam hussein and so on he said if the united states changes we will change he was very clear on that and we have had previous experiences in iran with the united states during mr rafsanjani period as president of iran awarded conoco a contract in the persian gulf an oil field iraq the united states slapped iran with sanctions in afghanistan iran spoke with the united states then iran was labeled the axis of evil when the brazilian president and the turkish prime minister came to tehran with a letter from obama stating the conditions in which he would agree with a negotiated settlement with iran and the iranians and the turks and the brazilians within that framework signed the declaration immediately obama went back and impose sanctions on iran and basically stopped the brazilians and the tu
yes i think it's quite obvious i mean first of all when mr obama became president and he spoke about talking to iran the iranian leader ayatollah khomeini's while he explained the grievances that iran had from the coup d'etat nine hundred fifty three the support for the shah chemical weapons for saddam hussein and so on he said if the united states changes we will change he was very clear on that and we have had previous experiences in iran with the united states during mr rafsanjani period as...
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yes i think it's quite obvious i mean first of all when mr obama became president and he spoke about talking to iran the iranian leader ayatollah khomeini's while he explained the grievances that iran had from the coup d'etat nine hundred fifty three the support for the shah chemical weapons for saddam hussein and so on he said if the united states changes we will change he was very clear on that and we have had previous experiences in iran with the united states during mr rafsanjani period as president of iran awarded conoco a contract in the persian gulf an oil field iran the united states slapped iran with sanctions in afghanistan iran spoke with the united states then iran was labeled the axis of evil when the brazilian president and the turkish prime minister came to tehran with a letter from obama stating the conditions in which he would agree with a negotiated settlement settlement with iran and the iranians and the turks and the brazilians within that framework signed the declaration immediately obama went back and impose sanctions on iran and basically stopped the brazilians
yes i think it's quite obvious i mean first of all when mr obama became president and he spoke about talking to iran the iranian leader ayatollah khomeini's while he explained the grievances that iran had from the coup d'etat nine hundred fifty three the support for the shah chemical weapons for saddam hussein and so on he said if the united states changes we will change he was very clear on that and we have had previous experiences in iran with the united states during mr rafsanjani period as...
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a lot of pressure on the obama administration that iran is approaching whatever red line that you know who draws that it's time for the united states to step up to the plate and deal with this problem in a decisive way and even if they don't succeed initially in persuading obama because they'll they'll leverage it to get more sanctions on iran to get other kinds of pressure on iran they will try and keep iran. do you think president obama point to chuck hagel as a message to his throw that's difficult to say maybe we'll see but i'm skeptical that obama really is out to redefine be american relationship with israel and i would add to that in addition to the. point that we have the appointment of john brennan at the cia who i think is someone hill the israelis are just fine with who will continue what many of the covert programs of course are drone program but many of the covert programs that would be under his under his authority at the cia and that would be very much to israel's liking that will serve to undermine any attempts or any possibilities for we all are coming to terms of the
a lot of pressure on the obama administration that iran is approaching whatever red line that you know who draws that it's time for the united states to step up to the plate and deal with this problem in a decisive way and even if they don't succeed initially in persuading obama because they'll they'll leverage it to get more sanctions on iran to get other kinds of pressure on iran they will try and keep iran. do you think president obama point to chuck hagel as a message to his throw that's...
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president barack obama signed an executive order aimed at strengthening america's defenses when you know hackers steal people's identities and infiltrate private e-mails we know foreign countries and companies swipe our corporate secrets. now our enemies are also seeking the ability to sabotage our power grid our financial institutions our traffic control systems we cannot look back years from now and wonder why we did nothing in the face of real threats to our security and our comp but according to reports washington is all too familiar with the offensive side of cyber war it's the u.s. who launches things like stuxnet that together with israel to to cripple certain iranian technology capabilities in two thousand and ten a computer virus known as stuxnet infected tehran's enrichment facilities destroying nearly one thousand of iran's six thousand centrifuges according to reports the virus made entirely out of code was a joint collaboration between the us and israel in terms of a pandora's box i think it will be slightly harder for the united states to adopt a position of purely defensiv
president barack obama signed an executive order aimed at strengthening america's defenses when you know hackers steal people's identities and infiltrate private e-mails we know foreign countries and companies swipe our corporate secrets. now our enemies are also seeking the ability to sabotage our power grid our financial institutions our traffic control systems we cannot look back years from now and wonder why we did nothing in the face of real threats to our security and our comp but...
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obama seems more confident. is this the new obama? is this the old obama? is this the real obama? >> well, the great thing for obama right now is that he has the public on his side. my concern right now -- and that's, i think, will determine which obama will actually prevail -- is that jobs and growth are not on his agenda. it is absolutely stunning. if you go back to the election, he kept campaigning around jobs, rebuilding our bridges, rebuilding our infrastructure, the american dream, saving it for the middle class. and both the rhetoric and the legislative agenda around these issues is nowhere to be found. >> i think -- i don't think obama has changed much. i mean, i still think that you really want to view him as what used to be a moderate republican. right? he's in favor of expanded health care but not at all any kind of wide-eyed liberal. of course there are no republicans like that anymore. he's operating -- look, in spite of the fact that the wind is at his back in a lot of ways, he's still operating with a very restricted set of possibilities given a republican hard-line
obama seems more confident. is this the new obama? is this the old obama? is this the real obama? >> well, the great thing for obama right now is that he has the public on his side. my concern right now -- and that's, i think, will determine which obama will actually prevail -- is that jobs and growth are not on his agenda. it is absolutely stunning. if you go back to the election, he kept campaigning around jobs, rebuilding our bridges, rebuilding our infrastructure, the american dream,...
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obama administration to the french and the british. has obviously. the the insurgents to the point that they are now targeting these western powers however the united states and the british and the french are also supporting tens of thousands of jihadi treatments in syria and in other parts of the region so you have well armed well prepared trained terrorists on the border originally with turkey and syria probably now inside turkey and therefore if the new potential for a violent terrorist action made it against the united states and we're right now putting ourselves in a very very bad position in allowing this to happen to the u.s. government if those shoals and facilities though all those situations that you've cited were radical islamists in jihad as this is a left wing member who's been accused of this attack how do you think that ties it . well first of all we don't know that for sure i mean first the united states government state department has said they don't know who killed the who carried out the terrorist act or so i read that one terroris
obama administration to the french and the british. has obviously. the the insurgents to the point that they are now targeting these western powers however the united states and the british and the french are also supporting tens of thousands of jihadi treatments in syria and in other parts of the region so you have well armed well prepared trained terrorists on the border originally with turkey and syria probably now inside turkey and therefore if the new potential for a violent terrorist...
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president obama is committed to moving forward on that and so am i. so must you be ready to join us in that effort. [applause] can we all say thank you to our signers? [applause] so, think about all these things i've listed. think about the world as you see it today. let's face it, we're all in this one together. no nation can stand alone. we share nothing so completely as our planet. when we work with others to develop and deploy clean technologies that will power a new world -- six trillion dollar market waiting -- huge amount of jobs, when we do that, we know we are helping create new markets and opportunities for america's second to none innovators and entrepreneurs so that we can succeed in the next great revolution in our marketplace. we need to commit ourselves to doing the smart thing and the right thing and to truly take on this challenge. if we don't rise to meet it, then rising temperatures and rising the levels will surely lead to rising costs down the road. ask any insurance company in america. if we waste this opportunity, it may be the
president obama is committed to moving forward on that and so am i. so must you be ready to join us in that effort. [applause] can we all say thank you to our signers? [applause] so, think about all these things i've listed. think about the world as you see it today. let's face it, we're all in this one together. no nation can stand alone. we share nothing so completely as our planet. when we work with others to develop and deploy clean technologies that will power a new world -- six trillion...
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dot com for more of the news we have online on right now one of president obama's relatives might be deported from the u.s. president's kenyan uncle apparently living illegally in america for decades what will happen to him find out about r t dot com plus. stalingrad coming back to life only for six days to commemorate the crucial role the city played in the nazi downfall more on that story at our team dot com. a rocket carrying u.s. communications equipment has crashed into the pacific ocean only seconds after takeoff the company responsible for the launches says an investigation is underway to discover the cause of the failure or hear a fisking of has the details. the zenith rocket with the u.s. communications satellite on board blasted off from the odyssey floating platform but to went off course almost immediately and its engines were switched off and it did into the pacific somewhere along the equator less than a minute after takeoff now on the equator the earth's rotation speed provides an additional booster rocket so they could carry more weight when it comes to launching from
dot com for more of the news we have online on right now one of president obama's relatives might be deported from the u.s. president's kenyan uncle apparently living illegally in america for decades what will happen to him find out about r t dot com plus. stalingrad coming back to life only for six days to commemorate the crucial role the city played in the nazi downfall more on that story at our team dot com. a rocket carrying u.s. communications equipment has crashed into the pacific ocean...
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yes i think it's quite obvious i mean first of all when mr obama became president and he spoke about talking to iran the iranian leader ayatollah khomeini's while he explained the grievances that iran had from the coup d'etat nine hundred fifty three the support for the shah chemical weapons for saddam hussein and so on he said if the united states changes we will change he was very clear on that and we have had previous experiences in iran with the united states during mr rafsanjani period as president of iran awarded conoco a contract in the persian gulf an oil field iraq the united states slapped iran with sanctions in afghanistan iran spoke with the united states then iran was labeled the axis of evil when the brazilian president and the turkish prime minister came to tehran with a letter from obama stating the conditions in which he would agree with a negotiated settlement settlement with iran and the iranians and the turks and the brazilians within that framework signed the declaration immediately obama went back and impose sanctions on iran and to basically stop the brazilians
yes i think it's quite obvious i mean first of all when mr obama became president and he spoke about talking to iran the iranian leader ayatollah khomeini's while he explained the grievances that iran had from the coup d'etat nine hundred fifty three the support for the shah chemical weapons for saddam hussein and so on he said if the united states changes we will change he was very clear on that and we have had previous experiences in iran with the united states during mr rafsanjani period as...
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get ourselves in a lot of trouble but you know there's also an economic thing according to president obama an economic recovery has begun but america cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many can barely make it where we sell. planes guns rockets missiles to all these countries all over the world so you know that with that's one of our biggest industries it's our biggest export defense america spends as much money on military security intelligence as the rest of the world combined you know you're dealing with a big you know economic reality you know the idea that we would cut any money to the defense budget is like unbelievable let's get a few more planes let's buy a few more ships for what you know we're going broke doing this and there's like you know it's like what eisenhower warned you know the military industrial complex watch out it just grows and grows and grows and nobody can seem to stop it barack obama has been recently sworn in for his second term but you don't seem to be very happy with his achievements oh no i think obama's trying to change some of thi
get ourselves in a lot of trouble but you know there's also an economic thing according to president obama an economic recovery has begun but america cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many can barely make it where we sell. planes guns rockets missiles to all these countries all over the world so you know that with that's one of our biggest industries it's our biggest export defense america spends as much money on military security intelligence as the rest of the...
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obama administration. in these areas has obviously inflame. the insurgents to the point that they are now targeting these western powers however the united states and the british and the fragile are so supporting tens of thousands of jihadi treatments in syria and in other parts of the region so you have well armed well clearly trained terrorists on the border region with turkey and syria probably now inside turkey so i think this is very bad news is obviously great opposition inside turkey and i think the the president other prime minister is behaving foolish to are actually have this close working relationship with the west and he's actually undermining his own country and his own security at a jerusalem football team whose fans are now in for chanting racist. anti arab slogans has signed to muslims for the first time a supporters of openly disappointed at the move which some say is like welcoming in the enemy his policy reports on the boiling anger that's never far from spilling over. the games in there but the actions out here the israeli
obama administration. in these areas has obviously inflame. the insurgents to the point that they are now targeting these western powers however the united states and the british and the fragile are so supporting tens of thousands of jihadi treatments in syria and in other parts of the region so you have well armed well clearly trained terrorists on the border region with turkey and syria probably now inside turkey so i think this is very bad news is obviously great opposition inside turkey and...
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the big misstep here is president obama remanes a highly polarizing figure. it invites the kind of thought that steve expressed does he want a plan or just beat up on the republics if they don't have a plan by the spring, deadline? >> you have a different take. >> this is something of a distraction, because the thing i think a lot of people don't realize is that the president's bill and the bill from the senate, the rubio bill have instant legalization. under the senate, rubio bill, illegal aliens on day one on the day the bill is signed get provisional statist us the. they are legal and can stay in country for the rest of their lives and work legally. out of the shadows and even go abroad and come back. that happens on day one. so what is the incentive of any enforcement? very little. the only difference between the president's proposal and the rubio senate one, or the rubio senate you then have to show enforcement after that if you want a green card or citizenship. with obama it's a joke. you get provisional status legalization on day one. no matter what ha
the big misstep here is president obama remanes a highly polarizing figure. it invites the kind of thought that steve expressed does he want a plan or just beat up on the republics if they don't have a plan by the spring, deadline? >> you have a different take. >> this is something of a distraction, because the thing i think a lot of people don't realize is that the president's bill and the bill from the senate, the rubio bill have instant legalization. under the senate, rubio bill,...